Birthdates Which Occur on April 2:
742 Charlemagne 1st Holy Roman emperor (800-14)
1602 Maria de Jesus de Agreda [Maria Coronel], Spanish franciscan
1618 Francesco M Grimaldi mathematician/physicist (light defraction)
1628 Constantin Christian Dedekind composer
1632 Georg Caspar Weckler composer
1711 Jan Punt Dutch engraver/illustrator/actor
1713 Onno Zwier van Haren Frisian poet (Fatherland)
1728 Franz Asplmayr composer
1733 Giacomo Tritto composer
1735 Christian Gotthilf Tag composer
and Franz Volrath Buttstett composer
1740 Armand-Gaston Camus French chairman (Council of 500)
1763 Giacomo Gotifredo Ferrari composer
1803 Franz Paul Lachner composer
1805 Hans Christian Andersen Denmark, author of 150 fairy tales
1806 Giacomo Antonelli Italian cardinal/asst sec of state for Pius IX
1814 Henry Lewis "Old Rock" Benning Brig General (Confederate Army)
1817 Teodulo Mabellini composer
1826 Philip Dale Roddey Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1897
1827 William Holdman Hunt English painter (Light of the World)
1833 Thomas Howard Ruger Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1834 Fr‚d‚ric-Auguste Bertholdi France, sculptor (Statue of Liberty)
1840 mile Zola France, novelist (Nana, J'Accuse)
1841 Cl‚ment Ader French engineer
1862 Nicholas Murray Butler US, Columbia U pres/pacifist (Nobel 1931)
1863 Henry C Van de Velde Flemish painter/architect (Art Nouveau)
1868 Eduard Jacobs singer/pianist (Dutch cabaret)
1875 Walter Chrysler founded car company (Chrysler)
1877 Arnold Schering German musicologist (Humor, Heldentum, Tragik)
1891 Max Ernst Germany, painter/sculptor (founded surrealism)
1894 Rudolph P Cleveringa Dutch anti-nazi lawyer
and Walter Mittelholzer Swiss aviation pioneer (Swiss Air)
19-- Amelia Marshall actress (Gilly-Guding Light)
and Sam Anderson actor (Gorpley-Perfect Strangers)
1900 Heinrich Besseler German musicologist
1901 Anis Fuleihan composer
1902 Danilo Svara composer
1905 Serge Lifar Kiev, dancer, choreographer (Paris Op‚ra Ballet)
1908 Buddy Ebsen Belleville Il, actor (Beverly Hillbillies, Barnaby Jones)
1909 Jean Kurt Forest composer
1910 Arnie Herber NFL QB (Green Bay Packers, NY Giants)
and Irene Mayer Selznick producer (Street Car Named Desire)
and Joeri German Russian writer
1911 Charles "Honi" Coles tap dancer (Tap)
1914 Alec Guinness London England, British actor (Bridge on River Kwai)
1915 Antony Dornhorst professor of medicine
1917 Dabbs Greer Fairview Mo, actor (Gunsmoke, Little House on Prairie)
and Lou Monte NJ, singer (Peppino the Italian Mouse)
1919 Antoon J Hubben Dutch mayor (Maasbree)/trade union leader
and Ian Hunter impresario
1920 Jack Webb Santa Monica Calif, actor (Joe Friday-Dragnet)
and Lambertus MJU van Straaten geologist (Waddenzee, Rh“ne-delta)
1922 Nikolaj G Bassov Russia, atomic physicist (laser, Nobel 1964)
1923 Hugh Overton British diplomat
and Jacob "Jaap" Firet Dutch theologist (Agogisch Moment)
1924 Denis Rooke CEO (British Gas)
1925 George MacDonald Fraser poet/author (Flashman at the Charge)
1926 Elena Verdugo Hollywood Calif, actress (Consuelo-Marcus Welby MD)
and Michael Rizzello sculpter/coin designer
1927 Billy Pierce pitcher (Chicago White Sox) seven time all star
1928 Joseph "Cardinal" Bernardin of Chicago
and Rita Gam Pittsburgh, actress (Distortions, Hannibal, Sierra Baron)
and Serge Gainsbourg [Ginsburg], Russian/French singer/songwriter
1929 Catherine Gaskin romantic novelist (Fiona, Coporation Wife)
and Frans H J J Andriessen Dutch 2nd chamber member (KVP/CDA)
1930 Girolamo Arriego composer
and Hambleden Smith English newspaper magnate
and WH Smith
1931 Imre Olsvai composer
1934 Brian Glover actor (McGuffin)
and Christopher France British permanent secretary (Dept of Health)
and Diane Cilento Rabaul,, actress (Hombre, Tom Jones, Wicker Man)
and Peter Middleton British permanent secretary (Treasury)
1935 Sharon Acker Toronto Canada, actress (Della Street-Perry Mason 1973)
1936 Jack Brabham Australian race car driver (world champ 1966)
1937 Paul E Kanjorski (Rep-D-PA, 1985- )
1939 Marvin P Gaye Jr Wash DC, singer (Sexual Healing)
1940 Penelope Keith British actress (Norman Conquests, Priest of Love)
and Peter Haining writer/editor (Anatomy of Witchcraft)
1941 Leon Russell Lawton KS, pianist/singer (Carny)
1942 Graham Bright private sec to British PM
1943 Glen Dale [Richard Garforth], rock vocalist (Fortunes Deal)
and Larry Coryell Galveston Tx, jazz guitarist (11th House)
1945 Don Sutton baseball pitcher (LA Dodgers)
and Linda Hunt Morristown NJ, actress (Bostonians, Eleni, Silverado)
and Lord Skelmersdale British minister (C)
1946 Kurt Winter rocker (Guess Who)
1947 Camille Paglia Endicott NY
and Emmylou Harris Birmingham Alabama, country singer (Together Again)
1948 Joan [Carol] D[ennison] Vinge US, sci-fi author (2 Hugos, Dune)
and Kerry Minnear rocker (Gentle Giant)
1949 Pamela Reed Tacoma WA, actress (Grand, Kindergarten Cop, Home Court)
and Paul Gambaccini British disc jockey
1953 Debralee Scott Elizabeth NJ, actress (Cathy-Mary Hartman, Angie)
1954 Ron Palillo Ct, actor (Arnold Horshack-Welcome Back Kotter)
1955 Dana Carvey comedian (SNL, Wayne's World)
1959 Brian Goodell US, 400m/1500m freestyle swimmer (Olympic-gold-1976)
and Dean Townson St Petersburg Fla, singer (Pirates of Miss-Fred Jake)
and Gelindo Bordin Italian marathon runner (Olympic-gold-1988)
and Victoria Jackson Miami Florida, comedian (SNL, Casual Sex)
1960 Linford Christie St Andrews Jamaica, 4x100m runner (Oly-gold 1992
1961 Goofy Steinmann soccer player (Go Ahead Eagles)
and Keren Jane Woodward Bristol England, rock vocalist (Bananarama-Venus)
1962 Billy Dean Quincy Fla, country singer (Billy the Kid)
1963 Dermot Reeve British cricketeer
1965 Rodney King Sacramento Calif, black motorist beaten by LA cops
1969 Yj Nagata [Yuji], wrestler (NJPW)
1971 Todd Woodbridge Sydney Australia, tennis star ('95 doubles Wimbledon)
1975 Deedee Magno rocker (Party-Rodeo, That's Why)
Deaths Which Occured April 2:
1118 Boudouin I of Bologne/Edessa, 1st crusader/king of Jerusalem, dies
1416 Ferdinand I the Justified, king of Aragon/Sicily, dies at 52
1502 Arthur English crown prince/husband of Catharina of Arag¢n
1640 Matthias C Sarbiewski [Sarbievius], Polish jesuit/poet, dies at 45
1657 Ferdinand III King of Hungarian/Bohemia/German Emperor, dies at 48
1705 Johann Lohner composer, dies at 59
1747 Johann J Dillenius German botanist, dies at 63
1758 Johann Balthasar Konig composer, dies at 67
1784 Pierre Leclair composer, dies at 74
1803 Hieronymus van Alphen attorney/poet (church hymns), dies at 56
1831 Charles Felix King of Sardina (1821-31), dies at 74
1865 Ambrose P Hill confederate general, dies at 39
Richard Cobden founder Anti-Corn-Law League, dies at 60
1872 Samuel F B Morse developer of electric telegraph dies at 80
1876 Paul van Vlissingen ship owner, dies at 78
1890 Marinus FAG Campbell bibliographer, dies at 70
1892 Willem J d'Ablaing van Giessenburg genealogist, dies at 79
1910 Boyd Alexander English explorer (Niger to the Nile), dies at 37
Friedrich von Bodelschwingh German theologist, dies
1928 Theodore Richards US chemist (atomic weight, Nobel 1914), dies
1932 Hugo Kaun composer, dies at 69
1937 Nathan Birnbaum Austria philosopher ("Zionism"), dies at about 72
1941 Paul Teleki premier Hungary, dies
1944 Mikulas Moyzes composer, dies at 71
1945 Maurice Rose US Gen-maj, dies in battle of Paderborn
1951 Simon Barere pianist, dies while perfoming at Carnegie Hall
1952 Bernard F Lyot French astronomer (chronograph, Lyot-filter), dies
1953 Jean Epstein French director (Vive la Vie), dies at 56
1956 Albert MLA de Bassompierre Belgium ambassador to Tokyo, dies at 82
Chester Clute actor (Niagara Falls), dies at 65
Philippo de Pisis Italian painter, dies
1961 August Defresne director (Anno Christi 967), dies
Wallingford Rieger composer, dies at 75
1965 Renzo Bossi composer, dies at 81
1966 Cecil Scott "CR" Forester English author (Horatio Hornblower)
1969 Fortunio Bonanova actor (My Best Gal, Havana Rose), dies at 74
1972 Gil Hodges NY Mets manager, dies at 57
1974 Douglass Dumbrille actor (Mr Deed Goes to Town), dies at 84
Georges Pompidou French president, dies in Paris
1976 Ray Teal actor (Sheriff Roy Coffee-Bonanza), dies at 74
1979 Carroll D Rosenbloom LA Rams president, dies at 72
1987 Buddy Rich drummer/orch leader (Away We Go), dies at 69
1990 Aldo Fabrizi actor (Postman Goes to War, Open City), dies at 85
1992 Paula Kelly singer/actress (Sweet Charity), dies at 72
1993 Eugenie Leontovitch actress (4 Sons, Homicidal), dies at 93
Kaus Schenk ice skater/skating coach/father of Ard, dies at 86
1994 Richard Davies dies of heart attack at 79
Holidays Which Occur April 2:
Chad Creation of Union of Central African States (1968)
Iran Nawroz 13
Liberia National Day of Prayer & Fast
Religious Observances on April 2:
RC Theodosia, martyr to Cesarea
1507 RC Mem of St Francis of Paula, hermit/confessor (opt)
1876 Ang Commemoration of James Lloyd Breck, priest
Things to Remember for April 2:
Flower-Sweet Pea & Daisy Gem-Diamond
America's Heartland Development Month-Cancer Control Month
International Guitar Month-Pets are Wonderful Month
National Cable Month (1987)-Keep America Beautiful-Math Month
National Frozen Food-Weight Loss-Humor-Child Abuse-Month
17 Days Astrological sign: Aires
International Children's Book Day
Highlights in History Which Occur April 2:
999 Gerbert van Aurillac elected as 1st French Pope
1416 Alfonso V succeeds his father as king of Arag¢n
1513 Florida discovered, claimed for Spain by Ponce de Le¢n
1550 Jews are expelled from Genoa Italy
1559 England/France signs 1st Treaty of Le Cateau-Cambr‚sis
and Genoa Italy, expels Jews
1590 States-General appoints earl Mauritius, viceroy of Utrecht
1595 Cornelis de Houtman's ships depart to Asia through Cape of Good Hope
1645 Robert Devereux resigns as parliament supreme commander
1745 Austria & Bavaria sign peace
1792 Congress establishes Philadelphia mint
and US authorizes $10 Eagle, $5 half-Eagle & 2.50 quarter-Eagle gold coins
& silver dollar, « dollar, quarter, dime & half-dime
1800 1st performance of Ludwig von Beethoven's 1st Symphony in C
1819 1st successful agricultural journal ("American Farmer") begins
1845 H L Fizeau & J Leon Foucault take 1st photo of Sun
1860 1st Italian Parliament met at Turin
1863 Bread revolt in Richmond Virginia
1864 Skirmish at Spoonville/Antoine, Arkansas
and Skirmish at Crump's Hill (Piney Woods), Louisiana
1865 Battle of Petersburg, VA (Ft Gregg, Sutherland's Station)
and CSA Pres Jefferson Davis flees Confederate capital of Richmond, VA
and Gen A P Hill is killed by a Federal Picket
Battle of Ft Blakely AL & Selma AL
1866 Pres Johnson ends war in Ala, Ark, Fla, Ga, Miss, La, NC, SC, Tn & Va
1869 R Luther discovers asteroid #108 Hecuba
1876 Philadelphia A's & Boston Red Caps play 1st NL game, in Phila
1877 1st Easter egg roll held on White House lawn
1878 1st issue of Rotterdam's Newspaper
1883 Battle at Bamako: French assault on Fabous arm forces attack
1884 London prison for debtors closed
1900 1st edition of The Volk published (Amsterdam)
1902 1st motion picture theater opens (LA)
and Country singer Wynonna Judd's 1st appearance as a single act
and Soccer team MVV '02 forms in Maastricht
1905 Cairo-Capetown railway opens
1912 Sun Yet Sen forms Guomindang-Party in China
and Titanic undergoes sea trials under its own power
1916 Belyavskij disc asteroid #851 Zeissia & #852 Wladilena & #853 Nansenia
1917 Jeannette Rankin becomes 1st women member of US House of Reps
and Pres Wilson asks Congress to declare war against Germany
1926 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #2500
and Riots between Moslems & Hindus in Calcutta
1930 1st NY-Bermuda airplane flight lands in Bermuda
1931 Teenage girl strikes out Babe Ruth & Lou Gehrig in an exhibition
game in Chattanooga, Tennessee
1932 Charles Lindbergh turns over $50,000 as ransom for kidnapped son
1935 Mary Hirsch, becomes 1st woman licensed as a horse trainer
and Sir Watson-Watt patents RADAR
1937 Y Vaisala discovers asteroid #1549 Mikko
1941 German occupier disallows Dutch scouting assn
and USS Hotnet with Jimmy Doolittles B-25 departs from SF
1944 CPI-leader Palmiro Togliatti returns to Italy
and Dmitri Sjostakovitsj' 8th Symphony, premieres in NY
and Soviet Army marches into pro-German Romania
1945 1st US units reach east coast of Okinawa
1947 Carlo Terron's "Il diamente del profeta," premieres in Rome
1950 WTAR (now WTKR) TV channel 3 in Norfolk, VA (CBS) begins broadcasting
1953 Raab forms his 1st government in Austria
1954 Plans to build Disneyland 1st announced [see 0126]
1955 Pancho Gonzales retains tennis title by winning a tournament
playing under table tennis rules
1956 Peter Ustinovs' "Romanoff & Juliet," premieres in Manchester
and Soap operas "As the World Turns" & "Edge of Night" premieres on TV
1958 Antillean Brewery (Amstel beer) opens
and National Advisory Council on Aeronautics renamed NASA
and Wind speed reaches 450 kph in tornado, Wichita Falls, TX (record)
1960 Cuba buys oil from USSR
and KPEC TV channel 56 in Lakewood Center-Tacoma, WA (PBS) 1st broadcast
1963 Explorer 17 attains Earth orbit (254/914 km)
and USSR launches Luna 4; missed Moon by 8,500 km
1964 Josef Klaus succeeds Alfons Gorbach as chancellor of Austria
and Military coup between Gen Castello Branco & Pres Goulart in Brazil
and USSR launches Zond 1 to Venus; no data returned
1965 Hochhuths play "Stellvertreter" banned in Italy
1966 Soviet Union's Luna 10 becomes 1st spacecraft to orbit Moon
and WJET TV channel 24 in Erie, PA (ABC) begins broadcasting
1967 Actress Lynn Redgrave marries John Clark
1968 Beatles form Python Music Ltd
and Chad creates Union of Central African States
and Senator E Mccarthy wins Democratic primaries in Wisconsin
1969 Milwaukee Bucks sign (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Lew Alcindor)
1970 Meghalaya becomes autonomous state within India's Assam state
and Qatar gains independence from Britain
2 men begin ascent of south face of Annapurna I, highest final
and stage in a wall climb in world
1971 Sci-fi soap opera "Dark Shadows" concludes an almost 5 year run
1972 44th Academy Awards presented
and Prime Minister Begin visits Cairo
and Tennessee Williams' "Small Craft Warnings," premieres in NYC
1973 CBS radio begins on hour news 24 hours a day
and Ed Kemper stuffs mother's throat in disposal
and ITT pleads guilty to asking CIA to affect Chilean pres election
1974 Arganat Comm publishes report concerning Yom Kippur War
1976 Cambodia Khieu Sampan succeeds prince Sihanouk as premier
and N Chernykh discovers asteroids #2190 Coubertin & #2593 Buryatia
and Portuguese constitution assumed
1977 Fleetwood Mac's "Rumors," album goes to #1 & stays #1 for 31 weeks
and Mont Canadiens set NHL record of 34 straight home games without a lose
1978 TV show "Dallas" premieres on CBS (as a 5 week mini-series)
1979 Israeli PM Menachem Begin visits Cairo Egypt
1980 Wayne Gretzky becomes 1st teenager to score 50 goals in a season
1981 A Gilmore & P Kilmartin discovers asteroid #3400
and Belgium's 4th govt of Martens resigns
and Heavy battle between Christian militia & Syrian army in East Lebanon
1982 Argentina seizes Malvinas (Falklands) Islands
1984 Georgetown beats Houston 84-75 for NCAA championship
1985 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1986 4 US passengers killed by bomb at TWA counter Athens Airport Greece
and George Corley Wallace (Gov-D-Ala) announces retirement plans
and NCAA adopts 3-point basketball rule (19 feet 9 inch distance)
and P Jensen discovers asteroid #3459 Bodil
1987 Doc Gooden undergoes cocaine rehabilitation
and IBM introduces PS/2 & OS/2
1988 Simply Majestic sets horse racing's 1-1/8 mile record at 1:45
1989 Wrestlemania V-Hulk Hogan beats Randy "Macho Man" Savage
and Yanks beat Mets 4-0, sweeping 1989 mayor's trophy series in 2 games
1990 UNLV beats Duke 103-73 for NCAA championship
1991 Rotterdam Newspaper begins publishing
1992 "Hamlet" opens at Criterion Center on Broadway
and Edith Cresson, France's 1st female premier, resigns
and John Gotti found guilty in death of Paul Castallanos
and Space Shuttle STS-45 (Atlantis 11) lands
1993 1st test flight of Fokker 70 (Amsterdam)
and Venezuelan DC-10 crashes at Margarita, killing 10
1994 1st exhibition game played at Jacobs Field, Pirates beat Indians, 6-4
1995 Baseball season opener delayed until April 26
and NY Police Dept and NY Transit Police merge into one organization
and North & Western Colorado begins using new area code 970
and Owners accept baseball players proposal, agree to start season 4/26
and Sunday NY Times raises price from $2.00 to $2.50
and Univ of Ct Huskies win NCAA Woman's basketball tournament
and Wrestlemania XI in Conn-Lawrence Taylor defeats Bam Bam Bigelow
Your Special Reminders for April 2:
1919 22øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC
and 1967 81øF highest temperature for this date in NYC
and 92nd day of year with 273 days left (Numerology = 6)
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